The Shoemaker
Claptrap. I just looked up this word: "absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas" ORIGIN mid 18th cent. (denoting something designed to elicit applause): from clap + trap . That about sums up this play.A shoe repair man, the Shoemaker Guiseppe, (Danny Aiello) is at the end of his day in Manhattan. He is listening to opera. A stranger, Hilary (Alma Cuervo) bangs on his door begging for help with her shoe that has a hole…